Random Variables and its Probability Distributions

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Important Questions on Random Variables and its Probability Distributions

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A pair of dice thrown 4 times. If getting a doublet is considered a success, find the value of k, if the probability of two success is 25k.

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The probability that a student is not swimming is 15. The probability that out of five students, four are swimmers is

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In a box containing 100 bulbs, 10 are defective. The probability that out of a sample of 5 bulbs, none is defective is

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It is known that 10% of certain articles manufactured are defective. What is the probability that in a random sample of 12 such articles, 9 are defective?

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Find the probability of throwing at most 2 sixes in 6 throws of a single die.

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Find the probability of getting 5 exactly twice in 7 throws of a die.

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A person buys a lottery ticket in 50 lotteries, in each of which his chance of winning a prize is 1100. If the probability that he will win a prize at least twice is 1-k100m10049. Then, find the value of k+m.

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A person buys a lottery ticket in 50 lotteries, in each of which his chance of winning a prize is 1100 . If the probability that he will win a prize exactly once is 1k99100m, then the value of k+m is 

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A person buys a lottery ticket in 50 lotteries, in each of which his chance of winning a prize is 1100. If the probability that he will win a prize at least once is  x-0.y50, then find the value of x+y.

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On a multiple choice examination with three possible answers for each of the five questions, what is the probability that a candidate would get four or more correct answers just by guessing?

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Suppose X has a binomial distribution B6,12. Show that X=3 is the most likely outcome.

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In an examination, 20 questions of true-false type are asked. Suppose a student tosses a fair coin to determine his answer to each question. If the coin falls heads, he answers 'true'; if it falls tail, he answers 'false'. Find the probability that he answers at least 12 questions correctly.

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A bag consists of 10 balls each marked with one of the digits 0 to 9. If four balls are drawn successively with replacement from the bag, what is the probability that none is marked with the digit 0?

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The probability that a bulb produced by a factory will fuse after 150 days of use is 0.05. What is the probability that out of 5 such bulbs at least one will fuse after 150 days of use. [Write the answer up to four decimal places].

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The probability that a bulb produced by a factory will fuse after 150 days of use is 0.05. What is the probability that out of 5 such bulbs more than one will fuse after 150 days of use. (round up to three decimal places)

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The probability that a bulb produced by a factory will fuse after 150 days of use is 0.05. What is the probability that out of 5 such bulbs not more than one will fuse after 150 days of use. [Write the answer correct up to 3 decimal places].

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The probability that a bulb produced by a factory will fuse after 150 days of use is 0.05. If the probability of out of 5 such bulbs none will fuse after 150 days of use is 0.95k. Then, find the value of k.

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Five cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the value of k, if probability that none is a spade will be k1024?

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Five cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the value of k, if probability that only 3 cards are spades is k512?

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Five cards are drawn successively with replacement from a well-shuffled deck of 52 cards. What is the value of k, if the probability that all the five cards are spades is 1k?